English Touring Opera has won the Achievement in Opera Award at the UK Theatre Awards 2026, which were presented Oct. 12. The award recognizes the company’s ambition and breadth of programming in venues across the country. Recent productions include Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers,” Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” Donizetti’s “The Elixir of Love,” Britten’s “The Rape of Lucretia,” Judith Weir’s “Blond Eckbert,” {…}

English Touring Opera has announced its Autumn 2026 tour, running Oct. 9 to Nov. 21 and opening in the company’s home city of Sheffield before traveling to London, Buxton, Snape, Barnstaple, Malvern and Saffron Walden. The tour features a new production of Gluck’s “Orpheus & Eurydice” alongside a double bill of Elena Langer’s “Ariadne” and Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas,” as {…}

(Photo Credit: Karolina Kuras) English Touring Opera (ETO) Music Director Gerry Cornelius has announced that he will step down from his position in October 2026 after five years in the role. Cornelius, who joined ETO in April 2021, will step down following the opening of ETO’s Autumn season in Sheffield on October 10 and is set to return as a {…}

English Touring Opera has announced its autumn 2024 season. Olivia Fuchs will direct “The Snowmaiden” with a cast starring Ffion Edwards, Kitty Wahtely, Katherine McIndoe, Edmund Danon, and Hannah Sandison, among others. Hannah Quinn conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 28 & Oct. 4 (London); Oct. 12 (Snape); Oct. 19 (Saffron Walden); Oct. 26 (Buxton); Nov. 4 (Crawley); Nov.  6 & 9 {…}